Awareness of Cervical Cancer, Risk Perception, and Practice of Pap Smear Test among Young Adult Women of Dhulikhel Municipality, Nepal

Table 4

Knowledge toward the Pap smear test among the study participants.

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Heard about Pap smear test ()
Yes	157	37.2
No	265	62.8
Source of information ()
Health personnel	71	45.2
Books/lectures	35	22.3
Friends/relatives	33	21.0
TV/radio	32	20.4
Internet	20	12.7
Newspaper	12	8.3
Pap smear is done to ()
To detect cervical cancer	139	88.5
To treat cervical cancer	2	1.3
To treat STIs	1	0.6
Do not know	15	9.6
Procedure during Pap smear test ()
Cells from cervix are scraped away and then test under microscope for abnormal growth	115	73.2
Blood is tested for cervical cancer	1	0.6
Cervix of women is taken out for testing	3	1.9
Do not know	38	24.3
Appropriate age for performing Pap smear test ()
Below 21 years	12	7.6
21 years and are sexually active	52	33.2
Immediately after having first sex	23	1.9
Do not know	90	57.3
Right interval for Pap smear test ()
Every 3 years	19	12.1
Every 5 years	6	3.8
Every year if you have more than one risk factors	39	24.8
No need to further test if the first Pap smear test is negative	2	1.3
Do not know	88	56.1
Others	3	1.9

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